Already Gone by Blake Pierce

Author:Blake Pierce [Pierce, Blake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Published: 2021-05-11T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Laura set out at a run herself, hampered by having to go around the side of the counter first. The kid was already dashing headlong through the store, his sneakers squeaking on the floor as he hurled himself around the corner toward the door. His father gave a single shout, but the kid didn’t respond or look back.

Laura swore mentally, hearing Nate react behind her as well. The kid was fast. He was tall and lanky, and that went in his favor. He was already out the door as Laura turned the corner after him, knocking a few bags of chips to the floor as she took it too fast.

She took the force of the door swinging closed on her forearms as she shoved through it, reversing the momentum. The kid was running through the parking lot, in what seemed like a straight line. Laura kept after him, but she could see it was almost pointless. He was opening the distance between them inch by inch. She pushed her straining muscles harder, trying to force them to a faster rhythm.

Behind her, she was aware of Nate’s footsteps—but they peeled off, going in a different direction. She hoped he had some idea that would help. She could only stay on the kid, keep him in her sights. She had no hope for anything more than that. If she could just have a vision now—if it would just come—if it would tell her where he was going so that she could cut him off—

But there was nothing she could do. Running like this, focusing all of her attention on catching him, she didn’t have the mental space to focus down on each of her senses. And besides, what could she touch? When she had gone after the kidnapper, it had been her hand on the grip of her gun that had triggered it. Now, she had no idea what would set her vision off.

She reached for the gun at her hip, losing a precious second of pace as she twisted to touch it. But there was no tricking the visions. She knew she was never going to pull the gun on this kid, not unless he was armed himself. That wasn’t protocol. She had no proof that he was a killer—only a suspicion that he was a petty thief.

The kid vaulted a low wall at the edge of the parking lot and ran between two buildings ahead, a warehouse and what looked like some kind of entertainment center—Laura didn’t have enough time to take it in. She saw the thin strip of alleyway between them with diminishing hope. It was dark on the other side. If she didn’t catch him here, she would have no way of seeing where he had gone.

She put on one last desperate, hopeless lunge of speed as he reached the end of the alley, knowing as she did that it was pointless. She was going to lose him. He would be out of her reach—they’d have

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